Pacolet Quarry

Producer in Spartanburg county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089913
MRDS ID W044285
Record type Site
Current site name Pacolet Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -81.78174, 34.91401 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES N 48 W OF PACOLET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spartanburg(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pacolet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spartanburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Spartanburg

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 Miles N48w of Pacolet,

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRUSHED STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -81.78174, 34.91401

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vulcan Materials Co.
    Home office P. O Box 8834, Greenville, Sc 29604

Comments on the workings information

  • ACTIVE DHEC PERMIT 062, VULCAN MATERIALS, PO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGENER, H.D., 1977, THE GRANITIC STONE RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCE SERIES

  • Deposit

    Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey Mineral Resource Series 5Wagener, H.D., 1977, The Granitic Stone Resources Of South Carolina: South Carolina Geological Survey Mineral Resource Series 5

  • Deposit

    Field Obs Scgs

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Updated 9/98 Ahm, Scgs

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Maybin, Arthur H. III (Mittwede, Steven) South Carolina Geological Survey Field Obs
Updater 01-SEP-1998 Maybin, Arthur H. III South Carolina Geological Survey
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey Added Continent, Country, And State Fields; Formatted Fields Where Necessary

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/21/1979
MSHA mine ID3800004
Mine name (MSHA)PACOLET QUARRY
Current operatorVulcan Construction Materials, LLC
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (810 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references